Concept explainers
To find: the more accurate unit for measurement.
Answer to Problem 2AGP
The centimeter is more accurate.
Explanation of Solution
Given information:
An area rug has dimensions given in inches and centimeters.
Calculation:
To distinguish between accuracy which means that closeness of a measurement to the exact value and the precision this means the claimed or implied closeness.
Something here, if measured an object in both inches and centimeters then centimeters is more accurate because it is small unit as compare inches and got less error as compare to inches.
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